17 powerful sentences by Ernest Hemingway showcasing his thoughts...
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17 powerful sentences by Ernest Hemingway showcasing his thoughts on life, writing, courage, and more:
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1) “Be prepared to work always without applause.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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2) “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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3) “When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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4) “There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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5) “Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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6) “The world breaks everyone and afterward many are strong at the broken places.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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7) “The most painful thing is losing yourself in the process of loving someone too much, and forgetting that you are special too.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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8) “Courage is grace under pressure.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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9) “We are all broken—that’s how the light gets in.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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10) “But man is not made for defeat… A man can be destroyed but not defeated.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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11) “As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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12) “You are so brave and quiet I forget you are suffering.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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13) “The best people possess a feeling for beauty, the courage to take risks, the discipline to tell the truth, the capacity for sacrifice. Ironically, their virtues make them vulnerable; they are often wounded, sometimes destroyed.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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14) “In order to write about life first you must live it.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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15) “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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16) “The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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17) “Go all the way with it. Do not back off. For once, go all the goddamn way with what matters.”
— Ernest Hemingway
— Ernest Hemingway
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17 powerful sentences by Ernest Hemingway showcasing his thoughts on life, writing, courage, and more: